| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 126655000 | Plurality of conduit absorbers | 12 |
| 20080283046 | Solar collector having integral structure - A solar collector includes a radiant energy heat exchanging panel having two lateral tube, and a number of intermediate pipes disposed between the lateral tubes and each having a longitudinal bore communicating with the longitudinal bores of the lateral tubes for allowing the longitudinal bores of the lateral tube and the intermediate pipes to be coupled together to form a sealed working fluid flowing system, the lateral tubes and the intermediate pipes are made of synthetic materials and formed with a molding process for allowing the lateral tubes and the intermediate pipes to be easily and quickly made or manufactured. A number of fins may be coupled between the intermediate pipes. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090139515 | SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY COLLECTOR - A solar thermal energy collector includes a receptacle and a tube positioned within the receptacle and having a closed end. The tube includes a divider cross-sectionally bifurcating the tube. The divider is spaced apart from the closed end of the tube to allow fluid communication between two bifurcated portions of the tube. A fluid is circulated through the two bifurcated portions of the tube for transferring of the solar thermal energy. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090293866 | Solar Thermal Collector Insert - A solar thermal energy collector with integrated flowpath is provided. The insert can be connected to a solar collector manifold for collecting solar energy. The insert with integrated flowpaths can be surrounded by an evacuated chamber. A fluid can be used to transfer the heat collected from the insert. The insert includes first and second flowpaths for conveying the heat transfer fluid. The fluid flowpath is continuous and integral to the insert. The fluid flowpath may be comprised of a group of chambers designed for efficient transfer of thermal energy. Methods of manufacture of inserts with continuous flowpaths are provided. These may include methods for the extrusion of inserts with integral flowpaths from a single piece of material. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100051020 | Solar absorber fence system - A fence system whereby the fence pickets are hollow and made of clear material such as plastic or glass. The pickets are constructed to act as solar absorbers and warm air convects up the pickets to a top rail where the air is conveyed to a space to be heated. Cold air in shaded pickets is restrained from entering the top rail by means of baffles or heat exchanger. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100065042 | Solar colletor and solar heating system using same - A solar collector includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface, a sidewall, a transparent cover, and a heat-absorbing layer. The sidewall is arranged on the top surface of the substrate. The transparent cover is disposed on the sidewall opposite to the substrate to form a sealed chamber with the substrate together. The heat-absorbing layer is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and includes a carbon nanotube film having a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube film are entangled with each other. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100065043 | Solar collector and solar heating system using same - A solar collector includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the upper surface, a sidewall, a transparent cover, and a heat-absorbing layer. The sidewall is arranged on the top surface of the substrate. A transparent cover is disposed on the sidewall opposite to the substrate to form a sealed chamber with the substrate together. The heat-absorbing layer is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and includes a carbon nanotube composite material. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100108054 | OPTICALLY EFFICIENT AND THERMALLY PROTECTED SOLAR HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An optically efficient and thermally stable solar heating apparatus and method provide efficient heating by using a solar collector having a transparent tube containing a porous absorbent material or structure that permits liquid or aerosol to percolate through the transparent tube. Thermal protection against overheating is provided when the system is drained by a transparent top with a bottom surface that, when in contact with another liquid medium filling the collector, permits incident light to enter and be collected, but when the liquid medium that normally contacts the bottom surface of the top is absent when the system is drained, incident light is reflected. The collector, top and transparent tubes may be extruded and made from the same recyclable plastic material, making the assembly lightweight for installation and ease of structural integration, while facilitating recyclability of the entire collector. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110308513 | THERMAL SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR - Thermal solar energy collector, in which a solar radiation absorption panel, inside which the heat-conducting fluid flows, is situated inside a parallelepipedal box, with an opening having a transparent cover at the front, which may be doubled so as to leave an atmospheric space in the middle. The rear wall of the box has a system of seals and reservoirs which are inset in the wall so that they accommodate the expansion and contraction of vertical tubes of the panel and horizontal connections by means of gentle changes in curvature of the tube bends and slight rotations of the reservoirs, with the addition of a system for filling the box with an inert gas, the pressure of which may be chosen from a range of between a thousandth of an atmosphere and one atmosphere, there being provided for this purpose an external gas circuit, with low- and high-pressure tanks, an intermediate compressor. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120204861 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector, includes a glass sheet provided with a fired metal frit; a metal frame or another glass sheet provided with a fired metal frit and a metal frame; a brazed seal between the metal frit or frits and the metal frame; an absorber and pipes in which a heat-transfer fluid circulates, the pipes being in contact with the absorber, and the absorber and the pipes being placed between the glass sheet and the metal frame or between the two glass sheets. The invention provides a solar collector which is compact and simple and improves solar radiation transmission. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130312736 | SOLAR PANEL AND GLAZING PANEL - This invention relates to a solar panel, and in particular to a solar panel designed to absorb heat from solar radiation. The invention provides a solar panel adapted to fit between two sheets of glass in a glazing panel, the solar panel being adapted to absorb heat from a proportion of the incident light, and to permit another proportion of the incident light to be transmitted through the solar panel and the glazing panel. The invention also provides a glazing panel fitted with a solar panel. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20160040909 | ABSORBER ARRANGEMENT FOR A TROUGH COLLECTOR - The invention relates to an elongated absorber arrangement for a trough collector, which is subjected to concentrated radiation over its length during operation, and which has means for transporting heat-transporting fluid through the absorber arrangement. The absorber arrangement has at least one fluid-free absorber space for concentrated radiation, which has a thermal opening leading into its interior and walls for absorption of the heat incident into it. The means for transporting the fluid have a supply arrangement and a drain arrangement which are operatively connected to one another by means of a heat-exchanger arrangement through which fluid flows, wherein the same extends along the length of the absorber arrangement, is constructed for the throughflow of the fluid in transverse flow for the length of the absorber arrangement and is thermally connected to the at least one absorber space in such a manner that the fluid is heated during operation in transverse flow from an inlet temperature to the operating temperature and reaches the drain arrangement at this temperature. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160252273 | Solar Collector | 09-01-2016 |
